Claim for Empire State Child Credit

New York Tax Form 213: Claim for Empire State Child Credit

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Claim for Empire State Child Credit

Step 2 – Determine eligibility

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Were you (and your spouse if filing a joint New York State return) New York State residents for all of 2017? 1 Yes No If you marked an X in the No box, stop; you do not qualify for this credit.

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YesNo

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Did you claim the federal child tax credit or additional child tax credit for 2017?

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YesNo

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Is your federal adjusted gross income (see instructions) – $110000 or less and your filing status is married filing joint return; – $75000 or less and your filing status is single, head of household, or qualifying widow(er); or- $55000 or less and your filing status is married filing separate return?If you marked an X in the No box at both lines 2 and 3, stop; you do not qualify for this credit.

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YesNo

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Enter the number of children who qualify for the federal child tax credit or additional child tax credit (see instructions).

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Enter the number of children from line 4 that were at least four but less than 17 years of age on December 31, 2017. If you entered 0 on line 5, stop; you do not qualify for this credit.

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Step 3 – Enter child information

List below the name, social security number, and date of birth for each child included on line 4.

First name

MI

Last name

Suffix

Social security number

Date of birth (mmddyyyy)

Step 4 – Compute credit

If you answered No to question 2, skip lines 6 through 12, and enter 0 on line 13; continue with line 14.

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Enter your federal child tax credit from Form 1040A, line 35, or Form 1040, line 52

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Enter your federal additional child tax credit from Form 1040A, line 43, or Form 1040, line 67

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Add lines 6 and 7

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Enter the number of children from line 4

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Divide line 8 by line 9

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Enter the number of children from line 5

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Multiply line 10 by line 11

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Multiply line 12 by 33% (0.33)

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If you marked the No box on line 3, skip lines 14 and 15, and enter the amount from line 13 on line 16. All others continue with line 14.

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Enter the number of children from line 5

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Multiply line 14 by 100

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Empire State child credit (enter the amount from line 13 or line 15, whichever is greater)

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If you filed a joint federal return but are required to file separate New York State returns, continue with lines 17 and 18. All others enter the line 16 amount on Form IT-201, line 63.

Enter the full-year resident spouse’s share of the line 16 amount; do not leave line 17 blank. Enter here and on Form IT-201, line 63.

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Enter the part-year resident or nonresident spouse’s share of the line 16 amount; do not leave line 18 blank. Enter the line 18 amount and code 213 on Form IT-203-ATT, line 12.

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